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NEW! Effects of Pesticide-Adjuvant Combinations Used in Almond Orchards on Olfactory Responses to Social Signals in Honey Bees, by Wu, Wen-Yen et al, in Scientific Reports, Vol 13, #15577 (2023)
NEW! Pesticides and Fungicides, by Trinity College Dublin, in Bee Culture, December 5, 2023
Protecting Bees From Pesticides, by Entomological Society of America, in Bee Culture, September 21, 2023
Glyphosate, by Michelle Llamas, in DrugWatch, September 5, 2023
Different Effects of Pesticides, by Verena Christen, in Bee Culture, February 23, 2023
When Voluntary Action Isn't Enough: The Case for Regulating Pesticide-Coated Seed, by Aimee Code, in Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, November 1, 2022
Flying After Ingesting Pesticides, by Alison Bosman, in Bee Culture, October 27, 2022
Roundup Alternatives, by Terry Turner, in ConsumerNotice.org
Pesticide Antidote for 'Bees', by Brian Owens, in Bee Culture, October 15, 2021
Pesticide Combinations Bad for Honey Bees: Pesticides Might Be Worse for Bees Than We Thought, by Ula Chrobak, in Bee Culture, August 30, 2021
Neem Oil Harms Bees, by David M. Kuchta, in Bee Culture, August 25, 2021
Mixing Pesticides, by Enji Jones, in Bee Culture, August 24, 2021
Bayer Loses EU Fight, in Bee Culture, June 7, 2021
It's Not the Glyphosate, It Is the Inert Ingredients, by Marc Heller, Bee Culture, April 20, 2021
Neonic Soil Treatment Hurts Ground Nesting Bees, by Susan Chan, in Bee Culture, March 23, 2021
Aerial Spraying and Honey Bees, by Rust Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, December 4, 2020
Honey Bees Lose Sleep After Ingesting Pesticides, by Marissa Shapiro, in Bee Culture, November 6, 2020
French Ban on Bee killing Pesticide Upheld, by Molly Quell, in Bee Cultuer, October 12, 2020
French MPS Freeze Ban on Neo-Nics by Agence France-Presse, October 8, 2020
We Are Inadvertently Damaging Honey Bees, by Paul LDriessen, in Bee Culture, September 2, 2020
Neonics Found to Impair Honey Bee Growth, published in the journal Scientific Reports, in Bee Culture, June 8, 2020
Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides, in Bee Culture, April 14, 2020
Pesticide Seed Coatings Are Widespread But Under-reported, by Sara LaJeunesse, in Bee Culture, March 26, 2020
Wasps' Gut Microbes Help Them - and Their Offspring - Survive Pesticides, by Cell Press, in Phys.Org, February 4, 2020
Concerns About Effect of Glyphosate on Pollinators Essential to Agriculture, by Nancy Gray Garvin, in Greenfield Recorder, February 4, 2020
Pollinator Health Is the Focus of Proposed EPA Pesticide Restrictions, by Erik Neumann, in Jefferson Public Radio, February 3, 2020
Insecticides Are Becoming More Toxic To Honeybees, National Science Foundation Reports, in Sierra Sun Times, February 1, 2020
The Playbook for Poisoning the Earth, by Lee Fang, in Intercept, January 18, 2020.
Neonics Driving Increase in Honey Bee Toxicity, by Margaret Douglas, et. al., in Bee Culture, Janauary 21, 2020
Are Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments Critical for Protecting Crops - or Unnecessary, With Potential to Harm Bees? by Paul McDivitt, in Bee Culture, November 18, 2019
A New Pesticide is All the Buzz, by Rachel Fritts, in ARS Technica, October 18, 2019
EU Lawmakers: New Bee Safety Rules Won't Protect Pollinators From Neonic Pesticides Long Term, by Samuel Petrequin, in Genetic Literacy Project: Science Not Ideology, October 28, 2019
Surprise! Pesticide Companies Leverage Regulations for Financial Gains, by Egan Jimenez, in Bee Culture, Octover 15, 2019
Rachel Carson Had It Right the First Time... , by Elizabeth Pennisi, in Bee Culture, September 21, 2019
Pollinating Bees May Be Exposed to Lethal Levels of Neonics in Soil: Study, by Liam Casey, in National Post, August 26, 2019
Beekeepers Are Suing Trump Administration Over Decision to Allow Wider Use of Insecticides, by Ghiara Giordano, in Independent, September 8, 2019
U.S. Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging 'Illegal' Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off, by Common Dreams, in Eco Watch, September 8, 2019
EPA Sued for Allowing Use of Pesticide Harmful to Bees, by Rebecca Beitsch, in The Hill, August 20, 2019
Researchers Find Neonicotinoids Present a Danger to Pollinators, by Bob Yirka, in Phys.org, August 8, 2019
This Tiny Insect Could Be Delivering Toxic Pesticides to Honey Bees and Other Beneficial Bugs, by Katie Camero, in Science, August 5, 2019
A New Study Reveals Just How Toxic a Bee's World Has Become, by Tom Philpott, in Mother Jones, August 7, 2019
Fungicide Impacts on Pollinators, by Emily May, Aimee Code, and Sarah Hoyle, Xerces Society, August 2019
Long Term Exposure to Common Pesticide Damages Honey Bee's Ability to Fly, by University of California, San Diego, in Bee Culture, July 18, 2019
Sulfoxaflor Continues to Be a Bee Killer, by Michele Colopy of Pollinator Stewardship Council, in Bee Culture, July 16, 2019
Mites and Insecticides Prove Killer Combo for Honey Bees, in SWI Swissinfor.ch Natural Science, June 4, 2019
EPA Blocks a Dozen Products Containing Pesticides Thought Harmful to Bees, by Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, May 22, 2019
Round Up - Could This Commonly Used Herbicide Also Be Having Adverse Effects on the Health and Behavior of Honey Bees, by Michael Balter, in Bee Culture, May 24, 2019
Pesticides and Pollinators: A Socioecological Synthesis, by Douglas B. Sponsler, et al, in Science Direct, Science of the Total Environment, April 20, 2019
California Environmental Protection Agency Acts to Ban Chlorphyrifos, in Farm Journal's AGPRO, May 13, 2019
Weed Killer Residues Found in 98 Percent of Canadian Honey Samples, by Carey Gillam, in Bee Culture, May 17, 2019
Permits Are Granted Without Considering Safe Alternatives for Hazarous Pesticides Such as Chlorpyrifos, or How Pesticides May Interact with One Another, by Mark Weller, in Bee Culture, May 6, 2019
Study Findings on Pollinator Declines: Neonics Increase Honey Bee Vulnerability to Mites, in Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog, April 30, 2019
The Self-Grooming Behavior of Honey Bees Can Be Affected by Pesticides, by University of Guelph, in Bee Culture, April 30, 2019
Male and Female Bees Have Different Reactions to Pesticide Exposure, in Bee Culture, April 24, 2019
The Pesticide in Our Own Backyards, by Rusty Burlew, in HomeyBeeSuite, April 15, 2019
Pesticide Cocktail Can Harm Honey Bees, by University of California, San Diego, April 10, 2019
New Research Demonstrates a Highly Sensitive Approach that Will Improve Pesticide Evaluaton Befor It Gets Released, in Bee Culture, March 11, 2019
Pollinator Stewardship Seeking a Moratorium on Neonicotinoids to Curtail Bee Losses, in Bee Culture, February 18, 2019
Culprit Found for Honeybee Deaths in Almond Groves, by Misti Crane, in Ohio State University, Ohio State News, February 4, 2019
France is the First Country to Ban All 5 Neonic Pesticides, in Bee Culture, December 18, 2018
Bee Friendly Insecticide, Made From Olive Oil, Creates a Buzz Around Europe, in Bee Culture, December 12, 2018
Court Bans Use of Chlorpyrifos Pesticide in U.S., by Stephen Kloosterman, in Air Quality Matters, December 6, 2018
How Pesticides Are Harming Bee Colonies, by Erik Stokstad, in Science, November 8, 2018
Scientists Spy on Bees, See Harmful Effects of Common Insecticide, by Merrit Kennedy, in NPR Research News, November 9, 2018
France Becomes First Country in Europe to Ban All Five Pesticides Killing Bees, by Henry Samuel, in The Telegraph, August 31, 2018
Dow is Trying to Expand Use of another Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths, by Amy Martyn, in Bee Culture, November 6, 2018
Glyphosate Affects the Larval Development of Honey Bees Depending on the Susceptibility of Colonies, by Diego E. Vazquez et al, in Bee Culture, October 20, 2018
Seeing Pesticides Spread Through Insect Bodies, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. in Bee Culture, October 12, 2018
Glyphosate Keeps Showing Up in Honey Bee Health Studies..., by Karen Fleur Tofti-Tufarelli, in Bee Culture, October 11, 2018
Common Weed Killer- Believed Harmless to Animals -- May be Harming Bees Worldwide, by Warren Cornwall, in Science, September 24, 2018
USDA Supports EPA's Conclusion That the Available Scientific Evidence Does Not Indicate the Need for a Total Ban on the Use of Chlorpyrifos, in Bee Culture, September 26, 2018
Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked to Widespread Bee Deaths, by Vanessa Romo, in NPR: Science, September 25, 2018
EPA's Chronic Misuse of 'Emergency' Pesticide Exemptions Increases Risks to Wildlife, by Stephanie M. Parent and Nathan Donley, in Bee Culture, September 18, 2018
The More of Some Pesticides Bees Eat, the More They Like Them, from Imperial College London, in Bee Culture, September 10, 2018
France Becomes First Country in Europe to Ban All Five Pesticides Killing Bees, by Henry Samuel, in The Telegraphy News, August 31, 2018
Sulfoximine-based Insecticides May Harm Bees as Much as Those They Are To Replace, by Marlowe Hood, in Bee Culture, August 23, 2018
Bumble Bees and Hummingbirds Are Being Exposed to Neonicotinoids and Other Pesticides, by Alan Harman, In Bee Culture, August 16, 2018
EU Ban on Neonics in AG Didn't Stop Their Use in Urban Areas, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture, August 14, 2018
Pesticides Used in Crop Protection Have a Significant Negative Impact on Learning and Memory in Bees, in Bee Culture, August 6, 2018
New Restrictions Will Require California Growers to Modify When and Where Neonics Are Applied, by Geoffrey Mohan, the Los Angeles Times, in Bee Culture, August 10, 2018
Pesticides Used in Crop Protection Have a Significant Negative Impact on the Learning and Memory Abilities of Bees, by Sabrina Weiss, originally in British Ecological Society, in Bee Culture, July 25, 2018
There's a Lot More Bad to Fungicide Exposure to Honey Bees Than You Thought. A Lot. by Meghan Milbrath and Jacquelyn Albert, in Bee Culture, July 24, 2018
US Federal Court Urged to Order Ban of Chlorpyrifos, in Bee Culture, July 28, 2018
Exposure of Hummingbirds and Bumble Bees to Pesticides, in Bee Culture, July 17, 2018.
Not Putting Poison on Plants Helps Pollinators and People - Who Would Have Guessed. Ortho, Kroger, and COSTCO take steps to further protect pollinators with a Bee Responsible campaign, in Bee Culture, June 29, 2019
Fungicides Seem to Be Much More of a Problem than We Thought... in Bee Culture, June 13, 2018
Efforts to Create Pesticides That Are Not Toxic To Bees Have Been Boosted By a Scientific Breakthrough, in Bee Culture, June 1, 2018
Syngenta Responds to EU Court Ruling, in Morning Ag Clips, May 17, 2018
EU To Ban Pesticides That Harm Bees, by Raf Casert, in Morning Ag Clips, April 29, 2018
In an Effort To Protect Bees, the European Union Has Taken a Strong Stand: A Near Complete Ban On Neonicotinoids. Bayer Disagrees, in Bee Culture, May 9, 2018
Researchers Create Microparticles That Could Help Save Honey Bees, by Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, in WSU Insider, April 9, 2018
Scientists Create Microparticles That Could Help Save Honey Bees, by Pranjal Mehar, in Bee Culture, April 21, 2018
Unraveling the Molecular Determinants of Bee Sensitivity to Neonicotinoid Insecticides, in Current Biology, April 2, 2018
Neonicotinoids: Risks to Bees Confirmed, in Bee Culture, March 17, 2018
Pesticides and the Loss of Biodiversity, by Richard Isenring, Pesticide Action Network - Europe, March 2010
U.S. Scientists Found Neonicotinoid Insecticides in About Three-Quarters of Samples From 10 Major Great Lakes Tributaries, in Bee Culture, February 9, 2018
Australian Grocery Chain Woolworths to Stop Selling a Pesticide That’s Causing Bee Pollinator “Colony Collapse” byVicki Batts, in Natural News, February 2, 2018
Honey Bees' Attraction to Fungicide "Unsettling" for Food Output; Study, reported by Emma Batha, Thompson Reuters Foundation, January 9, 2018
Perhaps Bees Should Adopt the Saying "God Save Me From My Friends" in Bee Culture, February 2, 2018
Rethinking the Pesticides; Neonicotinoids - Bee Health Crisis Narrative. Why the Media Get it Wrong. by the Genetic Literacy Project, by Jon Entine, January 9, 2018
Bees Like Sugar and Fungicides,or Sugar and Herbicides Better Than Just Sugar. in Bee Culture, January 12, 2018
Neonics Still Allowed in Canada, in Bee Culture, January 11, 2018
Agricultural Fungicide Attracts Honey Bees, from research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Morning Ag Clips, January 9, 2018
Pesticides and Poor Nutrition are a 1,2 Punch for Honey Bees, But ...Just Pesticides OK, Says EPA, in Bee Culture, January 6, 2018
Neonicotinoids Vote Nears As Lobbying Steps Up in the EU, in Bee Culture, by Matthew Appleby, December 15, 2017
Risk Assessment on the Potential Risks to Bees From Neonicotinoid Pesticides, in Bee Culture, December 3, 2017
The Bitter Battle Over the World's Most Popular Insecticides, by Daniel Cressey, in Nature, November, 2017
Fungicides Make Insecticides and Diseases Even Worse for Bees, in Bee Culture, November 15, 2017
Bees Are Carrying Pesticides Into Most of the World's Honey, by Kevin Enochs, in Science & Health, October 8, 2017
New Sivanto Insecticide Safe for Bees, Hard on Pests, Good for Crops, by Jack Boyne, in Bee Culture, July 28, 2017
Explaining Massachusetts' Attempt to Protect Bees, But Farmers and Farm Bureau Cannot Support Knee-jerk Reactions Not Backed by Scientific Data, by Ed Davidian, in Bee Culture, July 27, 2017
Pesticide Drift Can Harm Bees, Wildlife, and Other Farm Crops, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture, July 26, 2017
Larval Exposure to thiamethoxam and American foulbrood: effects on mortality and cognition in the honey bee Apis mellifera, in Journal of Apicultural Research, July 11, 2017
Thiacloprid Alters Social Interactions Between Honey Bee Workers, by Nadege Forfert and Robin F. A. Mortiz, in Journal of Apicultural Research, July 11, 2017
The Effects of Certain Landscape Characteristics on Insecticide Use... University of California, Santa Barbara, in Bee Culture, June 9, 2017
Honeybees Pick Up "Astonishing" Number of Pesticides Via Non-Crop Plants, by Purdue Uiversity, in Bee Culture, June 28, 2017
100% of Honeybee Colony Food Found to be Heavily Contaminated with Toxic Pesticides, by Earl Garcia, in Natural News, April 30, 2017
Bee-friendly Plants Sold at Garden Centers Found to be Heavily Contaminated with Deadly Pesticides, by Earl Garcia, in Natural News, May 30, 2017
Neonic Pesticides Threaten Wild Bees' Spring Breeding, Study Finds, by Dara Stanley, University of Guelph, in Bee Culture, May 24, 2017
Bees Face Heavy Pesticide Peril From Drawn-out Sources, by Blaine Friedlander, in Cornell Chronical, May 12, 2017
Common Neonicotinoid Pesticide, Thiamethoxam, Impairs Honey Bee Flight Ability, by Simone Tosi, et. al, in Scientific Reports, April 26, 2017
Common Pesticide Damages Bee's Ability to Fly, Research Finds, in Bee Culture, May 4, 2017
Europe is Waging War on Insecticides and GMO Crops, by Emily Monico, in Organic Authority, April 24, 2017
Neonics in Drinking Water, in Bee Culture, April 9, 2017
E.P.A Chief Chooses Not to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Going Against His Own Agency's Findings, in Bee Culture, April 4, 2017
An Inert Pesticide Adjuvant Synergizes Viral Pathogenicity and Mortality in Honey Bee Larvae, in Scientific Reports, published online January 16, 2017
Fungicies Commonly Used in Almond Orchards Can Be Harmful to Almond Growers' Best Friends - Honey Bees, in Bee Culture, March 29, 2017
Europe Poised for Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides, in The Guardian, March 23, 2017
EPA Finds Pesticides Could Harm Endangered Species, in Bee Culture Magazine, February 3, 2017
Understanding the Colony Collapse Disorder of the Honey Bee, by Amy Shepherd, in Keeping Backyard Bees, May 11, 2016
Common Crop Chemical Leaves Bees Susceptible to Deadly Virus, in American Bee Journal Extra, January 17, 2017
Common Insecticides are Riskier Than Thought to Predetory Insects, in Bee Culture Magazine, December 16, 2016
Court Ignores Risk of Neonic Seed Coatings..., in Bee Culture Magazine, December 4, 2016
Neonicotinoid Pesticides Foster Spider Mite Outbreaks, by Roxanne Lee, in Bee Culture Magazine, November 30, 2016
Protecting Bees from Pesticides...Smartphone App, released by Oregon State University for farmers and beekeepers, in Bee Culture magazine, November 24, 2016
Court Fails to Protect Bees and Beekeepers, in Bee Culture Magazine, November 24, 2016
EPA Re-registers Sulfoxaflor for Crop Use..., in Bee Culture Magazine, October 27, 2016
South Carolina County Inadvertently Kills Millions of Honey Bees, by Brenda Rindge, in Bee Culture, September 5, 2106
World's Most Heavily Used Pesticide Set to Wipe Bees Off the Face of the Earth, by Julie Wilson, in Natural News, August 26, 2016
Real-World Risk to Honeybees Low, by Timothy Lawrence and Alen Felsot, Washington State University, August 6, 2016
Jeff Harris: Honey Bee Deaths Predate Ag Chemicals, by Hembree Brandon, in Delta Farm Press, July 26, 2016
Pesticides Reduce Male Honeybee Fertility: Study, by Ashly P. Taylor inThe Scientist, July 27, 2016
Neonicotinoid Insecticides Can Serve as Inadvertent Insect Contraceptives in Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), July 27, 2016
Organic-approved Pesticides Minimizing Risks to Bees, by Eric Mader and Nancy Lee Adamson posted by the Xerces Society, 2012
Major Pest Control Company Announces A Huge Change To Protect Bees, by Chris DiAngelo in The Huffington Post, April 12, 2016
Chlorpyrifos Hampers Honeybee Learning and Memory - Honeybees suffer severe learning and memory deficits after ingesting very small doses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, research by Elodie Urlacher, March 2016
Bayer Revises Position to Propose Extra Protections for Bees from Pesticides, January 12, 2016 - Bayer Concurs with EPA Findings on Certain Neonicotinoid Hazards to Honey Bees
EPA Confirms Activists' Longtime Claims: Neonicotinoid Pesticide Threatens Honeybees - Mike Ludwig, Truthout, January 6, 2016
Program Designed to Prevent Bee Colonies From Accidental Pesticide Exposure - Growing Produce, May 5, 2015 - Farmers and beekeepers communicating about pesticides to prevent harming bees
Bees 'Prefer' Neonicotinoid-Laced Nectar - Michael Gross, Chemistry World, April 22, 2015
Study Finds Imidacloprid Safe for Honey Bees at Realistic Exposure Levels - Entomology Today, March 19, 2015
EPA Says it is Unlikey to Approve New Neonicoinoid Outdoor Uses - EPA has required new bee safety studies for neonicotinoid pesticides
Buzz Kill - Patrick J. Kiger, Sierra Club, March/April 2015 - As corn yields rise, bees are dying worldwide
Neonics: Not the Only Culprit for Honey Bee Decline - University of Maryland via AgFax.com, March 19, 2015
Bee Deaths Reversal: As Evidence Points Away from Neonics, Pressure Builds to Rethink Ban - Jon Entine, Forbes, February 5, 2014
Monsanto Loses GMO Permit in Mexico, Judge Sides with the Bees - Collective Evolution, August 27, 2014
A World Without Neonics - Seed World, September 2014
There is More at Stake that a Pollinator Health Plan - We Grow for the World, December 24, 2014
Spokane City Council, Honeybee Poisons Banned - Spokesman Review, City Section, June 24, 2014
Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees - Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, 2014
Neonicotinoids Barely Found in Pollen of Seed-Treated Plants - Entomology Today, February 6, 2014
Bee Deaths: EU to Ban Neonicotinoid Pesticides - BBC News Europe, April 29, 2013
Neonicotinoids in bees: a review on concentrations, side-effects and risk assessment - in Springer.com Exotoxicology, February 18, 2012
Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees - Xerces Society, 2012
3 New Studies Link Bee Decline to Bayer Pesticide - Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, March 29, 2012
Are Pesticides Behind Massive Bee Die-Offs? - Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, January 10, 2012
Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Collapse - Wired Science, March 29, 2012
Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm - Natural Society Newsletter, April 19, 2012
How the Honey Bee Tolerates Some Synthetic Pesticides - Science Daily, July 7, 2011, from a study from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Approved Washington State Pesticides - Pesticides approved in Washington State to control of suppress tracheal mites and/or varroa mites in honey bee colonies